New Days for Old
$23.99
- Paperback
96 pages
- Release Date
12 March 2026
Summary
Each scene in James Brown’s new book is like a 1-minute pop song: its depths are at first easy to miss. But as the story proceeds, the grand scheme of things hoves into view: we are born, we crawl and then are carried away, and everything is a-shimmer, even the disappointments.
New Days for Old is a life story in small scenes. Funny, moving, erotic, political and undeniably odd, it turns our most familiar-feeling days into something altogether new.
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781776923052 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1776923057 |
| Author: | James Brown |
| Publisher: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Imprint: | Te Herenga Waka University Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 96 |
| Release Date: | 12 March 2026 |
| Weight: | 108g |
| Dimensions: | 11mm x 131mm x 198mm |
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Critics Review
‘How does James Brown do it? Every page in this book is my favourite.’ -Bill Manhire, author of Lyrical Ballads and Wow
‘James Brown is I think the funniest poet in this country. He’s beautifully in control of tone and emotional power, so the poems sometimes just sneak up on you, and you think - why am I now feeling like crying? Wasn’t this comedy?’ -Damien Wilkins, author of Delirious
James Brown
James Brown is the author of nine poetry collections with Te Herenga Waka University Press, most recently Slim Volume (2024), The Tip Shop (2022), and Selected Poems (2020). James works as an editor and teaches the Poetry Workshop at the International Institute of Modern Letters at Te Herenga Waka-Victoria University of Wellington.
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